Laura Moffatt
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Laura Moffatt RN |
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Laura Moffatt, 6 March 2006, launching the 2006 local election campaign in Crawley.
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Member of Parliament for Crawley |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Nicholas Soames |
| Succeeded by | Henry Smith |
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In office 1989–1990 |
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| Preceded by | RG Rudd |
| Succeeded by | BA Smith |
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9 April 1954 Battersea, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Colin Moffatt |
| Website | www.lauramoffattmp.co.uk |
Laura Jean Moffatt (born 9 April 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crawley from 1997 until 2010.
Born Laura Jean Field in London in 1954, she was educated at Hazelwick School in Crawley, West Sussex before attending the Crawley College of Technology (now renamed Central Sussex College).
From 1975 until her election to the House of Commons in 1997, she worked as a state registered nurse at Crawley Hospital. She joined the Labour Party in 1979 and was elected to Crawley Borough Council in 1984, remaining as a councillor until 1997 and serving as the town's mayor in 1990.
Moffatt stood in Crawley at the 1992 general election, but lost out to the sitting Conservative MP Nicholas Soames. For the following election she was again selected as the Labour candidate, though this time through an all-women shortlist.
At the 2005 general election she was elected to the Commons on the smallest majority in the country with 37 votes, with her share of the vote falling by over 10 percent from the 2001 general election result. After an epic count, and numerous re-counts, Moffatt broke down in tears after being returned to Parliament.
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